For the opening of the season, Manchester United has Leicester with a goal from Paul Pogba

For the opening of the season, Manchester United has Leicester with a goal from Paul Pogba
With a penalty kicked after 75 seconds of play, Manchester United won the first game of the Premier League season against Leicester (2-1). Paul Pogba, the captain at kickoff, opened the scoring.

The lesson: MU, it’s the same song
It’s words that may seem simple. But they are true, and that’s the story of Manchester United: a quick goal, then all behind. The transfer of the Red Devils was not very agitated, and Jose Mourinho begins the exercise 2018-19 with a workforce similar to that which finished the precedent. And in the field, it’s the same song: a team that is not pleasant to watch, but often very effective. Faced with Leicester players rather skillful technically but lack of inspiration in front, the Mancunians won their first game of the season, without shining. The first minutes, however, let hope for a more exciting meeting. After a big strike by Alexis Sanchez countered by Wes Morgan, Daniel Amartya was guilty of a hand foul, sanctioned by a penalty (2nd). As a good captain, Paul Pogbatook charge of shooting him (1-0, 3rd). The beginning of a crazy game? Not at all. Leicester spent the majority of the first period with the ball, in the defending champion’s side. The men of Jose Mourinho were simply content to defend well, leaving however at times a few spaces Foxes. Wilfred Ndidi managed to frame a first strike (15th) before James Maddison falls on David De Gea better inspired than during the World Cup (29th).
The series of kicks stopped gave nothing for the players of Claude Puel (7th, 11th, 30th, 31st), and Kelechi Iheanacho ran into an Eric Bailly in form (36th). In a second period even more closed than the first, Rachid Ghezzal and Jamie Vardy came into play to help the Foxes return to the score (63). De Gea had to come out again in front of Demarai Gray (75th) before Kasper Schmeichel did the same against Romelu Lukaku (78th). In a last fifteen minutes a little more removed, Luke Shaw doubled the stake after a big bridge full of success on Ricardo Peirera (2-0, 83). Jamie Vardy closed the gap with the help of the post (2-1, 90th + 2), too late for Leicester. Manchester United Mourinho has for The winner: The PogCapitaine
Less than four weeks after his goal in the World Cup final, Paul Pogba found the lawns of the Premier League. Announced on the start since the beginning of the summer because of his tense relations with José Mourinho, the French was very present on the ground from the kickoff … and with the captain’s armband! A little surprise, and pressure perfectly managed by the pickaxe. Best Mancunian match with Bailly, Pogba has been serious from start to finish. In the second minute of the game, his pass in-depth launched the action that led to the penalty, which he himself undertook to transform (1-0, 3rd). In the following moments, Pogba showed a technical ease sometimes disconcerting, as well by his short and long passes as by his dribbling. Defensively, he was also very present, repulsive dangerous free kicks (7th, 11th), then stretching the leg at the right moment in the penalty area to counter a strike (30th). During the second period at times soporific, the French midfielder was the author of a pass light for Alexis Sanchez before a strike against Juan Mata (65th). Only a foul to a little more than twenty-five meters from his goals (31st) has slightly tarnished his performance. Captain Paul Pogba came out under the ovations of Old Trafford (84th), after a first match which he comes out as the big winner. a light pass for Alexis Sanchez before a strike from Juan Mata (65th). Only a foul to a little more than twenty-five meters from his goals (31st) has slightly tarnished his performance. Captain Paul Pogba came out under the ovations of Old Trafford (84th), after a first match which he comes out as the big winner. a light pass for Alexis Sanchez before a strike from Juan Mata (65th). Only a foul to a little more than twenty-five meters from his goals (31st) has slightly tarnished his performance. Captain Paul Pogba came out under the ovations of Old Trafford (84th), after a first match which he comes out as the big winner. The loser: the ghost of Riyad Mahrez. For the opening of the season, Manchester United has Leicester with a goal from Paul Pogba
“One missing you, and everything is depopulated.”That’s how the first game of the 2016 English championship season could be summed up. Many heroes have left the Foxes since this moment of glory, but few missed as much as Riyad Mahrez Friday night. In a match in which Leicester was led to the score after three minutes, Claude Puel’s men had control of the ball most of the time. And he missed the little Algerian genius who went to Manchester City this summer to make a difference. Demarai Gray has tried to breach several times, but he has missed the efficiency Riyad Mahrez has shown over the past three seasons. If Kelechi Iheanacho had some balls to negotiate, it was not always served in the best conditions. In front of regrouped Red Devils, the Foxes would have needed their old star. Jamie Vardy’s late goal of the game barely mitigated this. Claude Puel only has to hope that another of his players is able to make the difference on a gesture, a player able to earn him points, simply. For the opening of the season, Manchester United has Leicester with a goal from Paul Pogba